Yep. I'm worried. I'm worried because I keep hearing about the hotel our guys are staying, and the fact that Kelly is in his third year which all other ND coaches won a championship in their third year. The stars are aligning for ND.
So what you're saying is a team that relied on his run game and defense to win games needs a QB to make plays in order to win? Sounds very familiar...Look, the only thing to take from last nights beatdown is that florida was waaaay overrated, just as they have been all year. I can't tell you the amount of times I watched that team stink it up this year. How they ended the regular season with only one loss is the bigger question. They very nearly lost their homecoming game to Lousiana Lafayette.
If anything, one could draw a parallel to the Notre Dame schedule and bolster the case for an Alabama victory even more. In fact, I'm way more confident about us after watching UL destroy them. They are who I thought they were. /Denny G
those things have zero effect on the outcome of our game.After seeing LSU FLA and even the way the other top SEC teams play, yes I am worried. I tell myself it's only a game.
Kinda, but not really.So what you're saying is a team that relied on his run game and defense to win games needs a QB to make plays in order to win? Sounds very familiar...
Yeah, I remember now. We just had a losing record until this year...You know, every time we play I fear that we'll lose. I mean, we lost to Georgia Pre-Flight the only time we played them. If you can't beat those guys how can you beat the great Notre Dame?
Btw Earle - although we had a losing record against Mizzou, we did beat them once before in 1978. We are now 2-2 and have the edge. We had, however, never beaten Texas.
I concur I'm not worried about what happened to Florida more concerned about how fundamentally sound ND is!It's not relevant at all. We'd not beaten Texas, if I remember, nor Missouri. I've said all along that I believed that this game could be a close, hard-fought game. If it's a blowout, then I believe ND would be on the receiving end, but I don't look for it. Of the SEC teams I thought might struggle, LSU and UF were two. UF's offense struggled badly at time, despite their obvious talent, and LSU has, well, a "head" of clay. TBF, I'm beginning to wonder if UF has a similar problem. Not only was FL not prepared, there were some spectacular bad decisions made last night by the UF staff. It's a good thing both of those HCs can really, really recruit. Also, because of the BSC system - and the playoffs will just exacerbate it - playing in a bowl now has for the kids the feeling of having just missed the playoffs, and these are young, emotional guys. It used to be that, if a team had a really good bowl win - and the right guys above lost - it had a chance of climbing high in the ranking, maybe as far as #1. That'll never happen again and one of the effects will be bowl results all over the map. So, bottom line, I'm concerned about the game because I think that ND is a fundamentally sound, well-coached team, with several outstanding players and motivated. I'm not concerned about the game any more or less because of LSU or UF's screwups, or how the overall strength of the SEC is perceived...
Hilarious!!Dude, you're just too close to Ireland! :biggrin: Bama will roll! :BigA:
You don't win championships by beating down your players mentality. You teach them how to win with class and keep modesty but you also want them to feel superior. People who think they are superior play like they are superior. People who play with fear get beat.You say "we" like we're actually playing in the game. We're just fans. I'm pretty sure Saban reminds them daily they can be beat. Honestly, if it takes Florida losing to get the Bama players attention then we have worse problems than we know of.
The last time ND won a title they beat Michigan State 20-3.................Yep. I'm worried. I'm worried because I keep hearing about the hotel our guys are staying, and the fact that Kelly is in his third year which all other ND coaches won a championship in their third year. The stars are aligning for ND.
We are screwed...The last time ND won a title they beat Michigan State 20-3.................
They beat MSU this year 20-3
Funny how the meanings of words shift over time...We are screwed...
If this is the case why are we even playing?The last time ND won a title they beat Michigan State 20-3.................
They beat MSU this year 20-3